Influence Project

[Excerpt from upcoming book, Spiritual Influence: The Hidden Power Behind Leadership] When we are honest we will admit to God and to the appropriate people in our lives when we have failed. There is just no reason to hold back—though almost every one of us does. (This is not to say that one’s failures are […]

The single sentence that came crackling through the radio signal from almost a quarter-million miles from Earth sounded simple, even routine. “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” The three crew members of the Apollo 13 spacecraft circling the moon knew that something had gone terribly wrong with their spacecraft after hearing the sound of an explosion

It is hard to make sense of chaos. That is because chaos, by definition, is non-sensical. Disorder and confusion, anger and fear, anxiety and despair—these are the fruits of chaos. Too much chaos and the always-tentative ordering of a society shows fractures opening ever wider. Could it all lead to collapse? That is unthinkable, but

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. -Aristotle If you walked the streets of Berlin in early May of 1945, you may have felt like you were striding a thin line between earth and hell. Smoldering fires, piles of bricks where neoclassical buildings

The action film Inception uses a science fiction idea to tell the story of an amazing heist. A corporate spy and thief has developed a unique capability to enter the subconscious of victims while they are in a chemically induced deep dream state, then insert characters and situations into the dream, leading ultimately to uncovering

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. -Anonymous Try this: close your eyes, and for the next thirty seconds do not think about a pink elephant. Remember, you are not to think of a pink elephant. Ready, set, go. How far did you make it? And what does that tell

Everyone wants to discover something new and fresh. Discovery is intriguing and invigorating. Discovery reminds us that our lives are not over yet, that there is more to life than what we can see right now, and that all of us have yet-undiscovered potential. In 1804 an expedition commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson set out

Here is the first of a series we’re calling “Stories of Influence.” While not an example of “spiritual influence,”Albert Einstein’s work helps us understand the concept.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer showed remarkable faith and courage in standing against the power of Hitler’s Third Reich. This short video in the series “Stories of Influence” is part of “The Influence Project” (coming soon).  

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] The core issues of integrity remain the same across the ages and across cultures. The coherence

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] What is exciting about the possibilities of spiritual influence is that it is about the issues

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] “Influence” is a significant word, packed with rich meaning. The Latin influentia means something that flows

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] “The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.” Herodotus, philosopher,

[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Influence tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] The biblical concept of the mind points to an amazing dignity and power of human experience.